Beeny Cliff, Boscastle, Cornwall
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N 50° 42.262 W 004° 40.688
30U E 381502 N 5618292
A little further along Beeny Cliff is a cave known as Seals Hole, and seals frequently haul up on the isolated and inaccessible beaches in this area. If not seen they can sometimes be heard, their calls echoing quite eerily from the cliffs.
Waymark Code: WMFAJE
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/20/2012
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Beeny Cliff by Thomas Hardy
I
O the opal and the sapphire of that wandering western sea,
And the woman riding high above with bright hair flapping free—
The woman whom I loved so, and who loyally loved me.
II
The pale mews plained below us, and the waves seemed far away
In a nether sky, engrossed in saying their ceaseless babbling say,
As we laughed light-heartedly aloft on that clear-sunned March day.
III
A little cloud then cloaked us, and there flew an irised rain,
And the Atlantic dyed its levels with a dull misfeatured stain,
And then the sun burst out again, and purples prinked the main.
IV
—Still in all its chasmal beauty bulks old Beeny to the sky,
And shall she and I not go there once again now March is nigh,
And the sweet things said in that March say anew there by and by?
V
Nay. Though still in chasmal beauty looms that wild weird western shore,
The woman now is—elsewhere—whom the ambling pony bore,
And nor knows nor cares for Beeny, and will see it nevermore.
The address of property, including Postcode.:
PL34
The charges to visitors and opening hours.:
Free
National Trust member: yes
Web page: Not listed
Parking place (optional): Not Listed
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